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Need to accelerate development of new diagnostics, vaccines to advance TB
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 26 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar on Tuesday expressed the need to accelerate the development of new diagnostics, vaccines and drugs, use digital technology, Artificial Intelligence, and other innovations to
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Pandemic Will End When World Chooses to End It, says WHO Chief
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus pandemic will come to an end when all the countries start using the available health tools effectively, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
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WHO urges vaccination for health workers as over 115,000 have died
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 22 (ANI/Xinhua): The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged countries to prioritize vaccination for health workers in the light of its new paper estimating that 115,000 died from coronavirus between January 2020 and May 2021.
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100 cr vaccination mark: WHO chief congratulates PM Modi, scientists, heal
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 21 (ANI): As India's COVID-19 vaccination drive achieved another milestone with a cumulative administration of over 100 crore vaccine doses on Thursday, World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Prime Minister Nare
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Union health minister speaks with WHO chief, discusses pandemic management
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and discussed various issues related to health, including pandemic management and WHO reforms.
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20 inmates of Kalyan's Adharwadi Jail in Maharashtra tested positive
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kalyan (Maharashtra) [India], October 19 (ANI): 20 inmates of Kalyan's Adharwadi Jail in Maharashtra were tested positive, informed Jail authorities.
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WHO: Mortality from COVID-19 around the world dropped to lowest level
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI/Novinite): The number of weekly coronavirus deaths worldwide continues to decline and is now at its lowest level in nearly a year.
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WHO bestows posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 14 (ANI): Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General's award, recognizing the world-changing legacy of this Black American woman who died of cervical cancer, 70 years ago, on 4 October, 1951.
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WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission.
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WHO apologises to victims of sexual abuse during Ebola outbreak in DR Cong
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): The Director-General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday apologised to the victims and survivors of the sexual exploitation in DR Congo by aid workers.
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WHO chief warns Afghanistan's healthcare system on brink of collapse
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 22 (ANI): WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday warned that Afghanistan's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse.
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WHO DG thanks India for resumption of COVID vaccine supply to COVAX from O
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Swirtzerland] September 22 (ANI): Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday extended gratitude to India for resuming crucial COVID vaccine shipments to COVAX from October.
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